Liquid-measure drain



(No Model.)

S. J. WISDOM. LIQUID MEASURE DRAIN.

No. 578,671. at-ented Mar. 9,'1897.

. IIVI/E/VTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

SAMUEL J. WVISDOM, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.

LIQUID-MEASURE DRAIN. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,671,.dated March 9,1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL J. WIsDoM, of Montgo mery, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Alabama, have invented a new and Improved LiquidMeasure Drain, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to construct a receptacle which may beattached to the head or the side of a barrel or like vessel, and to soconstruct the said receptacle that measures adapted to receive liquidsof any description may be so supported that they will drain into thebarrel or vessel, and whereby at the same time insects will beeffectually prevented from gaining access to the measures.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the receptaclecontaining the measures that the support for said measures may bereadily removed and cleaned, and whereby, further, ready access may begained to the measures at any time.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafterfully set forth,and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a central vertical section through the improved device andthrough the upper portion of a barrel to which the device is attached.Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved device; and Fig.3 is a plan Viewof the support for the measures, illustrating measures in position onthe support.

The receptacle A may be given any desired shape, but preferably ingeneral contour the receptacle is of cylindrical form. The bottom. ofthe receptacle has tapering sides 10, which incline inwardly anddownwardly to a fiat section, and in the flat section, which is thecentral bottom portion of the receptacle A, an eXteriorly-threaded tubeis secured, which is in direct communication with the interior of thereceptacle. This tube 11 is adapted to be screwed into the head portionof the barrel or into the bung at the side, as may be most convenient.

The front of the receptacle A at the top is Application filed December5, 1896. Serial No. 614,551. (No model.)

inclined and provided with an opening, which may be closed at any timeby a cover l2,which is hinged to the upper portion of the receptacle andat its lower end is provided with any approved form of looking orfastening device 13.

A partition 14: is located within the receptacle A, being supported overthe inclined bottom portion thereof. This partition, as shown best inFigs. 1 and 3, has any desired number of slots 15 produced therein, andone wall of each slot is deflected or curved downwardly, forming a lip16, the said lips extending within the contracted base portion of thereceptacle, as is most clearly shown in Fig. 1.

The measures 17 are placed upon the partition 14 in inverted position,as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. The lipped portions of the measures areplaced in engagement with the lips 16 of the partition, whereby the lipsof the measures are made to enter the slots 15, and the lips of thepartition 14 being shorter than the lips of the measures permit thelatter to extend beyond the former, so that any drip from the measurewill find its way along the lip of the measure into the bottom portionof the receptacle and from thence back into the barrel or other vesselto which the receptacle may be attached.

It is evident that a device of this character serves not only as aperfect protector for measures, but also acts as a conductor of materialwhich may remain in the measure back to the vessel from which the liquidwas drawn, and such a device is particularly adapted for use inconnection with vessels containing syrups, which material clings to agreater or less extent to a measure and also serves to attract insectswhich frequently find their way under ordinary circumstances into themeasure and are overlooked.

By reason of the bottom of the receptacle being of tapering form thereceptacle will occupy but little room on the head of a barrel, forexample, and the head of said barrel may therefore be utilized for thedisplay of goods, if desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters 'Patent l. A receptacle fitted for attachment to a vessel,the said receptacle being provided with a partition located above itsbottom, in which partition slots are made, one wall of each slot beingdeflected in a downwardly direction, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A receptacle for the purpose described, provided with a contractedbase portion, and a partition located within the receptacle above itscontracted base, which partition has slots produced therein, a wall ofeach slot being carried downward in direction of the base and below thepartition to form a lip, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a drain for measures, a receptacle provided with a cover, and atube in its bottom arranged for introduction into a barrel or a likevessel, and a partition located within the receptacle below the coverand above the base, which partition is provided with a series of slots,a wall of each slot being downwardly bentin direction of the base to apoint below the under'face of thepartition, as and for the purpose setforth. 7

4. In a drain for measures, a receptacle having a contracted bottom, andmeans for connecting the bottom with the interior of a vessel, and apartition removably located within the receptacle at a point above thecontracted bottom, the said partition being provided with a series ofslots, one Wall of each slot being bent downward below the under face ofthe partition, whereby the lip of a measure may be introduced into anyof the slots, the lip of the measure being supported upon and arrangedto extend beyond the lower edge of a deflected wall of a slot, as andfor the purpose set forth.

SAMUEL J. WISDOM.

Witnesses:

FRANK D. KOHN, ALBERT D. KoHN.

